@article{ref1,
title="Medium- and long-term health effects of the L'Aquila earthquake (Central Italy, 2009) and of other earthquakes in high-income countries: a systematic review",
journal="Epidemiologia e Prevenzione",
year="2016",
author="Ripoll Gallardo, Alba and Alesina, Marta and Pacelli, Barbara and Serrone, Dario and Iacutone, Giovanni and Faggiano, Fabrizio and Della Corte, Francesco and Allara, Elias",
volume="40",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="14-21",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: to compare the methodological characteristics of the studies investigating the middle- and long-term health effects of the L'Aquila earthquake with the features of studies conducted after other earthquakes occurred in highincome Countries. <br><br>DESIGN: a systematic comparison between the studies which evaluated the health effects of the L'Aquila earthquake (Central Italy, 6th April 2009) and those conducted after other earthquakes occurred in comparable settings. <br><br>METHODS: Medline, Scopus, and 6 sources of grey literature were systematically searched. Inclusion criteria comprised measurement of health outcomes at least one month after the earthquake, investigation of earthquakes occurred in high-income Countries, and presence of at least one temporal or geographical control group. <br><br>RESULTS: out of 2,976 titles, 13 studies regarding the L'Aquila earthquake and 51 studies concerning other earthquakes were included. The L'Aquila and the Kobe/Hanshin- Awaji (Japan, 17th January 1995) earthquakes were the most investigated. Studies on the L'Aquila earthquake had a median sample size of 1,240 subjects, a median duration of 24 months, and used most frequently a cross sectional design (7/13). Studies on other earthquakes had a median sample size of 320 subjects, a median duration of 15 months, and used most frequently a time series design (19/51). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: the L'Aquila studies often focussed on mental health, while the earthquake effects on mortality, cardiovascular outcomes, and health systems were less frequently evaluated. A more intensive use of routine data could benefit future epidemiological surveillance in the aftermath of earthquakes.<p /> <p>Language: it</p>",
language="it",
issn="1120-9763",
doi="10.19191/EP16.2S1.P014.043",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.19191/EP16.2S1.P014.043"
}